Foot-warmer



1. A. MATA.

FOOT WARMER.

APPLICATION FILED r40v.25. 19m.

Patented Aug. 3, 1920.

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j. A. MAYA.

FOOT WARMER.

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Patented Aug. 3, 1920.

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JOSE A. KATA, F BERKELEY,, CALIFOBNIA. I

Speciflcationof Letters Patent.

' I FOOT-WARNER.

Application filed November 25,1919. Serial No. 342,020.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Josii A. MATA, a citizen of Salvador, residing in the city of Berkeley, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Foot- I W armers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements for foot warmers wherein a housing, to reflect heat rays from a lamp within, operates in conjunction with a; foot-operated lever for operating the socket switch ofthe lamp,

The primary object of my invention is to provide an improved foot-warmer for us in bed. i

Another object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved foot warmer that shall be simple in operation and construction and having a maximum efficiency.

A still further object of the. present invention is to provide an improved footwarmer composed of an electric lamp and shade therefor, said shade being adapted to reflect heat rays and to hold the bed clothing in spaced relation with the lamp to prevent combustion of said bed clothing from the heat of said lamp.

I accomplish these several objects by means of the improved device disclosed in the drawings forming a part of the present specification wherein like characters of reference are used to designate similar parts throughout the said specification and drawings, and in'which:

Figure 1 is a diagrammatic view disclosing the application of my improved device;

ig. 2 is a broken'plan view of the device;

Fig. 3 is a front elevation thereof; and

Fig. 4 is an end elevation.

Referring to the drawings the numerall is used to designate a housing or shade having one sidethereof open. and provided in one end thereof with theusual type of switch socket 2 within which is mounted an electric lamp 3.

' The housing is provided with a pair of lateral supports 4 on the bottom thereof to retain the open side sidewise, the purpose of which will hereinafter be more fully described.

A lever 6 is pivotally mounted upon one I end of the housing or shade 1 and is provided with a lateral extension 7 to provide a bearing surface whereby said lever may be operated by foot pressure. The switch atorthereby warming said feet.

operating chain 8 extends from the socket 2 and has its free end secured to the lever 6. The socket 2 is of the chain type wherein .a chain is connected to an interior star or ratchet switch in which successive tensions or pulls on said chain will alternately light and extinguish the lamp 8.

In operation the device is placed under the bed clothing A and upon the mattress B and a slight distance from the foot of the ings. Referring to said figure it will be observed that the light and heat rays are reflected by the housing 1 and through the open side thereof onto the feet of the oper- The heat rays from the lamp are further conserved by the bed clothing A and the upper portion of said housing 1 operates to retain the said bed clothing A in spaced relation to the lamp thereby preventing spontaneous combustion of said clothing A.

. \Vhen sufficient warmth shall havebeen imparted to the feet of the operator the lateral extension 7 of the lever 6 is depressed by the foot of the operator thereby operating the switch socket 2 to extinguish the lamp 3. If the foot of the operator should again require warming the extension 7 of the lever 6 is again depressed by the foot of the operator as hereinbefore described.

and the next operation of the switch socket 2, when operated by said chain 8, will light the lamp and the heat rays thereof will again be reflected onto the feet of the operator. 1

Having thus described my invention, whatI claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A. foot warmer comprising a housing open on one side thereof; lateral supports secured to the lower portion of the housing to retain the open portion thereof in operative position; an electric switch socket mountedin one end of the housing; a lamp mounted within said socket and extending into the housing; and a switch operating lever operatively connected to the socket and extending laterally to the housing and beyond the open side thereof whereby said switch may be operated by foot pressure to extinguish or light the lamp.

In witness whereof I hereunto. set my signature.

Jose A.- MATA.

Patented Aug. 3, 1920.

operator as disclosed in Fig. 1 of the draw- 

